Tag: Tarbela

Recent downpour floods rivers partially

The recent wave of rainfall has resulted in increase in the flow of water in certain rivers. According to details, partial floods have been...

Rain fails to dazzle, water level in rivers falls by 40...

Due to fall in temperature, flow of water in rivers has decreased by 40 percent, a private tv news channel reported. The two largest...

WB dives into our reservoirs

Following the signing of an agreement with the Government of Pakistan for providing $840 million for 1410 MW-Tarbela 4th Extension Project, the World Bank...

Power shortfall reaches 6802 MW

Due to intensity of heat, the power shortfall during peak hours has reached to 6802 MW against demand of 17873 MW. According to data released...

Tarbela power station operational after fire

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), in a press release issued on Friday, said fire broke out in the jungle in the...

Supply from Tarbela restored

A fire that engulfed 20 workshops in the Tarbela Power House in Haripur district was brought under control on Friday. According to the spokesman...

More power outages imminent as Tarbela, Mangla touch dead level

The water reservoirs at Tarbela and Mangla on Saturday reached dead level, further reducing the country’s already inadequate hydropower generation and increasing the odds...

Tarbela Dam hits dead level

With summer around the corner, load shedding is all set to increase further, as the water level in the country’s main reservoir Tarbela Dam...

Where are relations heading?

The murky waters of Pak-US ties As the US and Pakistan continue to bluff and posture to influence each other’s position over Afghanistan, one is...

Met office says rains produce water six times of Tarbela dam

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)’s Director Dr Muhammad Hanif has said that, for the first time in the history of Sindh, 400 mm rain has...

WAPDA told to speed up work on Tarbela extension project

Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to expedite work on the 1,350MW...

Tarbela to produce 4800 MW electricity

The total generation capacity of the Tarbela Hydropower Station would raise to 4828 MW after the installation of 1350 MW units as a part...

Tarbela sediment comes under focus

An agreement was signed between Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Mott MacDonald, a UK-based engineering firm, to conduct sediment management study...

Water level rises to 1398 feet at Tarbela

Water level is rising in both the major reservoirs of the country Tarbela Dam and Mangla Dam day by day as 20 feet water...

Water reservoirs of Tarbela, Mangla dam increase

ISLAMABAD - Water level in Tarbela dam has increased from 4.8 feet to 1382.8 feet.
According to Flood Forecasting division water inflow in Tarbela dam has increased by 23300 cusec and reached to 51500 cusec and water outflow is 25000 cusec.
Water inflow has increased to 42000 cusec and now water level is 92800 cusec in the dam. Water out flow in the dam is 42000 cusec.
The usable water in Mangla dam has been recorded at 98000 acre feet and in Tarbela dam it is 59000

Water in Tarbela Dam touches dead level

ISLAMABAD - The water level in Tarbela Dam touched dead level of 1378 feet on Saturday.
According to data released by Indus River System Authority (IRSA) here, the maximum water level in River Indus at Tarbela was 1378 feet, while inflow and outflow in the dam was recorded same as 26900 cusecs.
The water level at River Jhelum at Mangla was 1092.90 feet which is 52.90 feet above its dead level of 1040 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water in the dam was recorded as

Water in Tarbela Dam close to dead level

ISLAMABAD - The water level in Tarbela Dam dropped almost to dead level of 1378 feet on Saturday, only about 0.88 feet high.
According to data released by Indus River System Authority (IRSA) here, the maximum water level in River Indus at Tarbela was 1378.88 feet which was only 0.88 feet above its dead level of 1378 feet. Water inflow in the dam was recorded as 20,700 cusecs and outflow was 30,000 cusecs. The water level at River Jhelum at Mangla was 1089.70 feet which is 49.70